Nouvelles & Événements

Centennial Commemoration of the Departure of the 167th Alabama Regiment (Rainbow Division) to France
Date: Monday, August 28, 2017 05:00pm

On August 28, 2017, a bronze sculpture of the Rainbow Soldier from British sculptor James Butler, RA, will be inaugurated in front of Montgomery Union Station from where, on that date 100 years ago, the 167th Infantry Regiment left Alabama to join the Rainbow Division and sail for France. This gift to the city of Montgomery is made by the Croix Rouge Farm Memorial Foundation through the generosity of longtime community and business leader Nimrod T. Frazer, Silver Star.

On April 6, 2017 a bronze sculpture of Daedalus from British sculptor James Butler, RA, will be inaugurated at Maxwell Air Force Base on West Drive to commemorate the centennial of the WWI and the WWI pilots for whom the order of the Daedalians was established at Maxwell AFB in 1934. This gift to Maxwell AFB is made by the Croix Rouge Farm Memorial Foundation through the generosity of longtime community and business leader Nimrod T. Frazer, Silver Star.

The plaque apposed on the wall of Meurcy Farm by the Rainbow Division Veterans Foundation on Memorial Day 2001 was moved to the site of the Croix Rouge Farm. This new location was inaugurated on the 96th anniversary of the battle of Croix Rouge Farm in the presence of MG Steven Wickstrom, 42nd division commander from 2009-2013, Commissioner Monique Seefried (WWI Centennial Commission) Mayor Jean-Paul Roseleux (Fère-en-Tardenois), Patrick Damery (owner of Meurcy Farm) and Mayor Didier Fernandez (Seringes-et-Nesles).